Causes of dizziness

Early this morning, from about 2 a.m. on, I slept fitfully, dizzy even in my dreams.

With my eyes closed my world was spinning and I could only compare the sensation to three other situations I’ve experienced.

When I was on Temodar, near the end of a treatment week, I felt dizzy in my sleep. But I am two months out from chemo and there is no logical reason for me to feel this way.

About two years before my tumor was discovered I spent a weekend dizzy. I lived alone and I didn’t know what to do. I stayed indoors. At one point I got in my car and drove to a coffee shop only to pull over after a few minutes and call the Kaiser advice nurse line. They told me to call 911. I didn’t. I drove home and watched DVDs for the rest of the weekend. After seeing my primary care doctor I was advised to take meclizine. That seemed to do the trick.

For the past five years I’ve experienced motion sickness from elevators. After more than one floor of motion I am messed up.

After my alarm went off I got in the shower, dizzy still. I held myself up with the walls. I leaned on the counter as I brushed my teeth. I wrapped myself in a towel and watched Brett do his morning push-ups.

I called in dizzy. My supervisor advised me to not tell people I was dizzy; I sounded silly, “Dizzy Lizzy.” He’s probably right.

I didn’t trust myself to drive.

It is now mid-afternoon and I am not as dizzy, but I have a headache.

I never know what is ‘normal’ and what is brain tumor-related. My world is forever connected to neurology.

Hey Liz:
When I had a case of dizzy this Spring it turned out to be the little rocks in your ears. Mine had gotten out of place and after a trip to physical therapy – I was much better. It wasn’t related to the brain 0r cancer at all. My oncologist did have me to an MRI first, just in case, that is just the way she rolls; but it turned out to be no big deal at all. Being dizzy is no fun at all, especially when it is unrelated to a night of fun.